Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole Through June 29 at New York Theater Workshop, Manhattan; nytw.org. Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes. A version of this article appears in print on ...

Lights Out: Nat “King” Cole. New York Theatre Workshop, 79 East 4th St., New York, 212-460-5475, closes June 29. Mr. Isherwood is the Journal’s theater critic.

Bianna Golodryga speaks with Dulé Hill about playing the legendary entertainer in the new off-Broadway production, “Lights Out: Nat ‘King’ Cole’, alongside Daniel J. Watts, who plays ...